κωφός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably from the same Pre-Greek root of κηφήν (kēphḗn, “drone”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kɔː.pʰós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /koˈpʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /koˈɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /koˈfos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /koˈfos/
Adjective
κωφός • (kōphós) m (feminine κωφή, neuter κωφόν); first/second declension
- blunt, dull, obtuse
- Synonym: ἀμβλῠ́ς (amblŭ́s)
- (of sound) mute, noiseless
- (of men or animals) dumb, mute
- deaf, deaf-mute
- (of the mind) dull, obtuse
- (of things) senseless, unmeaning, obscure
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | κωφός kōphós |
κωφή kōphḗ |
κωφόν kōphón |
κωφώ kōphṓ |
κωφᾱ́ kōphā́ |
κωφώ kōphṓ |
κωφοί kōphoí |
κωφαί kōphaí |
κωφᾰ́ kōphắ | |||||
| Genitive | κωφοῦ kōphoû |
κωφῆς kōphês |
κωφοῦ kōphoû |
κωφοῖν kōphoîn |
κωφαῖν kōphaîn |
κωφοῖν kōphoîn |
κωφῶν kōphôn |
κωφῶν kōphôn |
κωφῶν kōphôn | |||||
| Dative | κωφῷ kōphōî |
κωφῇ kōphēî |
κωφῷ kōphōî |
κωφοῖν kōphoîn |
κωφαῖν kōphaîn |
κωφοῖν kōphoîn |
κωφοῖς kōphoîs |
κωφαῖς kōphaîs |
κωφοῖς kōphoîs | |||||
| Accusative | κωφόν kōphón |
κωφήν kōphḗn |
κωφόν kōphón |
κωφώ kōphṓ |
κωφᾱ́ kōphā́ |
κωφώ kōphṓ |
κωφούς kōphoús |
κωφᾱ́ς kōphā́s |
κωφᾰ́ kōphắ | |||||
| Vocative | κωφέ kōphé |
κωφή kōphḗ |
κωφόν kōphón |
κωφώ kōphṓ |
κωφᾱ́ kōphā́ |
κωφώ kōphṓ |
κωφοί kōphoí |
κωφαί kōphaí |
κωφᾰ́ kōphắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| κωφῶς kōphôs |
κωφότερος kōphóteros |
κωφότᾰτος kōphótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κωφᾰ́ω (kōphắō)
- κωφείᾱ (kōpheíā)
- κωφεύω (kōpheúō)
- κωφέω (kōphéō)
- κώφησῐς (kṓphēsĭs)
- κωφητέος (kōphētéos)
- κωφῐ́ᾱς (kōphĭ́ās)
- κωφότης (kōphótēs)
- κωφόω (kōphóō)
- κώφωμᾰ (kṓphōmă)
- κώφωσῐς (kṓphōsĭs)
- ὑπόκωφος (hupókōphos)
Descendants
Further reading
- “κωφός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κωφός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κωφός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κωφός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κωφός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Adjective
κωφός • (kofós) m (feminine κωφή, neuter κωφό)
- alternative form of κουφός (koufós)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | κωφός (kofós) | κωφή (kofí) | κωφό (kofó) | κωφοί (kofoí) | κωφές (kofés) | κωφά (kofá) | |
| genitive | κωφού (kofoú) | κωφής (kofís) | κωφού (kofoú) | κωφών (kofón) | κωφών (kofón) | κωφών (kofón) | |
| accusative | κωφό (kofó) | κωφή (kofí) | κωφό (kofó) | κωφούς (kofoús) | κωφές (kofés) | κωφά (kofá) | |
| vocative | κωφέ (kofé) | κωφή (kofí) | κωφό (kofó) | κωφοί (kofoí) | κωφές (kofés) | κωφά (kofá) | |
Derivations: relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο κωφότερος", etc) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||